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Sunday, Jan. 15
1:00pm
TV: MSG, NBALP, TSN
Radio: ESPN 1050
Knicks carry winning streak to Toronto
preview:TORONTO (Ticker) -- The New York Knicks look to remain perfect in 2006 against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
The resurgent Knicks won their sixth straight in Friday's 105-94 victory over Atlanta. Jamal Crawford led five players in double figures with 23 points and New York pulled away down the stretch to get coach Larry Brown his 1,000th career victory.
Brown is the fourth coach in NBA history to reach the milestone and has guided the Knicks to within a victory of their first seven-game winning streak since December 22, 2000-January 7, 2001.
Stephon Marbury has been the catalyst of late and finished Friday's win with 19 points, nine assists and four steals.
However, Marbury has had a few struggles on the road this season, averaging 5.4 points and 1.0 assists fewer away from home. He will try to reverse that trend against a Raptors squad that has won six of their last eight, including four of five at home.
Toronto snapped a two-game slide with Wednesday's 95-86 victory here over Charlotte. Chris Bosh scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Morris Peterson had 18 and 11 in the win.
Mike James added 24 points and seven assists for the Raptors, who took three of four meetings with the Knicks last season after a 2-10 stretch in the series.
FINAL SCORE
Knicks - 103
Raptors - 129
Box Score
*Rose scores 21 in first half as Raptors roll*
Recap:TORONTO (Ticker) -- Jalen Rose helped put an emphatic end to the New York Knicks' winning streak.
Rose scored 21 of his season-high 31 points in the first half and Morris Peterson added a season-high 28 as the Toronto Raptors halted the Knicks' six-game winning streak with a 129-103 rout.
It was the most points and largest margin of victory for Toronto this season and the biggest defeat this season for New York, which had won its first six games of the new year.
Rose came off the bench with two minutes left in the first quarter. He converted a three-point play before the stanza ended, then scored 14 of the Raptors' first 16 points in the second as they opened a 51-35 edge with 6 1/2 minutes left in the first half.
Toronto took a 66-53 edge into the break and Rose scored eight points during a 21-6 run that started early in the fourth quarter, providing a 118-88 margin with 5 1/2 minutes left.
Rose shot 10-of-15 from the floor and 10-of-11 from the line, while Peterson went 11-of-16 from the field with four 3-pointers.
Chris Bosh added 23 points and Jose Calderon chipped in with 13 and 10 assists for his second double-double of the season for Toronto, which shot 58 percent (47-of-81).
Eddy Curry scored all 20 of his points in the first half and Stephon Marbury had 18 and 13 assists for New York.
